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- Comment on [Episode] Medalist Season 2 • Medalist 2nd Season - Episode 2 discussion 14 hours ago:
Yeah I’m taking a Learn to Skate class right now and even just gliding forward on one foot is a challenge.
- Comment on [Chapter] The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You - chapter 242 2 days ago:
Strange indeed; Himeka would be proud!
- Comment on [Episode] You and I Are Polar Opposites • Seihantai na Kimi to Boku - Episode 3 discussion 4 days ago:
These are such minor differences I have no idea how that can bother you.
- Comment on [Episode] Journal with Witch • Ikoku Nikki - Episode 4 discussion 5 days ago:
It’s also possible her sister did look down on her aspirations, and then grew up later.
- Comment on [Episode] You and I Are Polar Opposites • Seihantai na Kimi to Boku - Episode 3 discussion 5 days ago:
I’m curious too. Sure a couple of lines were translated awkwardly, but “translated so badly I need to switch off subtitles because it’s like a completely different story” is basically libel as far as I can tell.
- Comment on [Episode] Medalist Season 2 • Medalist 2nd Season - Episode 1 discussion 1 week ago:
Good episode! I’m really curious to see how the skating looks though. Guess there’s nothing for it but to look forward to next week!
- Comment on Amazon Doubles Down on AI Dubs for Anime Despite Backlash: Creative Director Wanted 1 week ago:
What? Crunchyroll’s dubs don’t use AI. It was Amazon Prime that was using AI.
- Comment on Amazon Doubles Down on AI Dubs for Anime Despite Backlash: Creative Director Wanted 1 week ago:
I have to imagine it would be difficult to get a competent voice actor to agree to that, but I suppose even a semi-competent beginner desperate to get work would yield better results than we saw a few weeks ago.
- Comment on Amazon Doubles Down on AI Dubs for Anime Despite Backlash: Creative Director Wanted 1 week ago:
Them delisting it after a day doesn’t mean much. It’s possible they had so many AI bros frothing at the mouth to help mix some slop in with existing good media they had to close applications.
- Comment on Beyond the Familiar: Top 5 Sci-Fi Anime of All Time - Wealth of Geeks 1 week ago:
ALSO, while I was double-checking my facts, I saw that a new season is releasing this year.
Not only is a new season releasing, it’s being animated by Science Saru. Very exciting.
- Comment on [Episode] 【OSHI NO KO】Season 3 • [Oshi no Ko] 3rd Season - Episode 2 discussion 1 week ago:
Dang. It takes a lot of work to make a cosplay, so being told at the last moment that it can’t be used would be devastating. I might refuse to show up in such a case, even if I had another costume I could use.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 04] 1 week ago:
Yeah there’s no way I was going to be watching either of those shows in the first place.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 04] 1 week ago:
It’s not that I disliked it for being dark or for being edgy or for being fantasy. I disliked it because it wasn’t very good.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 04] 1 week ago:
IMO Teio’s story in season 2 is still the best. I hope you would stick around long enough to finish it.
No need to worry; unless they’re actually bad I usually finish the things I start. It’s not like season 1 doesn’t have its moments; Gold Ship is great and after having watched Cinderella Gray it was fun seeing Oguri Cap in the eating contest.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 04] 1 week ago:
So it does, I guess I wasn’t paying close attention; thanks for the correction!
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 04] 1 week ago:
Finished Magic Knight Rayearth 2. What an ending. It might actually be more unhinged than the Magic Knight Rayearth one. It was a pretty good time overall, but if I’m being honest I was enjoying the art more than the story or characters.
Anyways since I finished that, I went and started too many dang things in return. This week I started reading:
- The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity - My main complaint with the anime was that the female lead didn’t seem to have much of a personality. I started reading the manga because I heard she gets more characterization later, but it’ll be a while before I catch up even to where the anime left off.
- Magus of the Library - I started reading this one because I heard it was excellent. So far so good, but after over 2 hours I’m only 2 chapters in. They’re long chapters (nearly 50 pages each), and they’re each chock-full of nerd words. They use a kanji for library that’s so rare it appears in 0 words in the jmdict Japanese-English dictionary (圕)! So yeah this is gonna take me a while to get through.
- My Sister Knows - I started reading this one as a recommendation from a friend. It’s a story about a man and his sister. He’s an office worker, she’s an idol. The thing she “knows” is that her brother is great at coming up with punchlines for jokes. So far it’s not super strong, but I’m only 6 chapters in and it’s a lot easier to read than Magus of the Library so I might as well keep going and see if it gets better.
- Damedol and Her Only Fan in the World - A story about an incompetent idol and her only fan. I’m only one chapter in, so I can’t say too much about this one.
- My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999 - A story about a girl falling in love with a pro gamer who happens to spend time in her MMO guild to relax. Seems decent so far, but again I haven’t even caught up to where the anime left off. It’s gonna take me a fair bit of time to get to the end, but it’s somewhat motivating knowing that the story is complete. No idea how good the ending is supposed to have been, but I guess I’ll find out.
- Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku - Once again I started this one because I really loved the anime. It’s taking me a while to get through though; it’s not quite as difficult as Magus of the Library is, but they keep using nerd slang from over a decade ago and half the time it’s not in my dictionary (though I can usually figure out what they’re saying if I google it). It also doesn’t help that the female lead will randomly start talking like a medieval samurai just for fun. That said, this series is hilarious. In case you somehow haven’t noticed the theme, it’s gonna take me a while to get caught up to the end of this one.
I also got caught up with Witch Hat Atelier this week. Heart-wrenching stuff!
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 04] 1 week ago:
I tried a few of the new shows from this season:
- Sentenced to Be a Hero - A bit edgy for my taste. It has some really cool, flashy action scenes but the characters are frankly a drag. After I completed the first two episodes I got the distinct feeling that I would’ve had a better time watching something else. Not sure I’ll finish this one.
- You and I Are Polar Opposites - A fun, very cute shounen romcom. Made me laugh a few times. It’s probably pretty similar to whatever you imagined when you read the title. Would recommend to anyone who’s into that sort of thing; I’ll definitely be finishing it.
- Journal with Witch - I don’t know wtf is going on with that title. There aren’t any witches, though there is a journal. The Japanese title, 異国日記 (Journal in Another Country) makes a bit more sense given the visual metaphors that the show likes to use. This is a very grounded story about a woman who adopts her teenage niece after said niece’s parents die in a car crash. It’s quite well-written, and is easily my favorite from among these three shows.
I also watched some sequel shows:
- Frieren - This felt like a return to form; the first episode of the season felt a lot more like the first half of the first season than the second half of the season. I hope they can keep that up 'til the end of the season; I’ve read the manga but that was a while ago so I can’t remember how long these nice short bits go for.
- Jujutsu Kaisen - The Jujutsus sure are Kaisening over there. If you liked previous seasons for the fights you’ll like this season too.
- Oshi no Ko - Fun seeing more of the girls. Also, banger of an OP.
Currently catching up on:
- Umamusume - It’s okay. Not as good as Cinderella Gray or the movie, but okay. I hear it gets a fair bit better after the first season though!
- Golden Kamuy - The only anime I know of where the characters have a canonical dick size ranking chart. Couldn’t have been made for a more excellent story; I love these ridiculous goofballs. If you want to watch crazy people kill each other in Hokkaido this is the good stuff. I just wish the animation were a little better, though it’s generally not nearly as bad as the first episode might suggest. Don’t worry, nothing looks as bad as that bear looked.
- Comment on [Episode] Journal with Witch • Ikoku Nikki - Episode 3 discussion 1 week ago:
What a great episode. This is really shaping up to be the anime of the season for me, perhaps excluding sequels.
- Comment on Are you a fan of EVANGELION? 2 weeks ago:
Well you’re on Lemmy so your odds are better than most at least.
- Comment on [Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 1 discussion 2 weeks ago:
This felt like a return to form to me; much more like the first half of season 1 than the second half. I wonder how long they can keep this up; I read the manga but that was ages ago and I genuinely can’t remember.
- Comment on Are you a fan of EVANGELION? 2 weeks ago:
Not really. It might’ve helped if I’d watched it when it was new or if the fandom weren’t so far up their own asses.
- Comment on [DISC] Unexciting Date - Ch. 26 2 weeks ago:
I hope Nutmeg-kun treats her right.
- Comment on [Discussion] What anime did you think at the start would be special to you (and be proven right)? 2 weeks ago:
The beginning of Redline gave me the impression that the whole movie would just be a sequence of cool shit happening, and then the whole movie was a sequence of cool shit happening. It ended up being one of my all-time favorites, and proved to me that an anime doesn’t need a complex story to be excellent.
- Comment on [DISC] Unexciting Date - Ch. 23.5 - 24 2 weeks ago:
Not a fan of how everything is a gacha in Japan. I saw some cool Dan Da Dan figures in a store in Japan once but of course it was a random draw and my wife had just told me “don’t get anything that would embarrass me if my mom visited” and Evil Eye was one of the prizes so I decided to refrain.
- Comment on [DISC] Unexciting Date - Ch. 23 2 weeks ago:
I can sympathize with the photo posing issues. When I first started dating my wife we both had no idea how to pose and ended up looking awkward together in photos.
- Comment on KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world! Season 4 Announced 2 weeks ago:
It’s always a good time watching these shitheads have a bad time.
- Comment on Every anime ever… 2 weeks ago:
Anime largely doesn’t have this.
There are a few. Kaguya-sama: Love is War is arguably best in its third season and imho the first several episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood are its weakest part. Eureka Seven, Umamusume, and Gintama also come to mind. I really had to wrack my brain for those examples though; they really are the exception.
- Comment on Unexiting date ch. 22 2 weeks ago:
Gifts are hard! I keep scrupulous notes; every time someone in my family mentions wanting something I write it down. It’s nice to have a list when birthdays & Christmas come up.
- Comment on Quite true 2 weeks ago:
The Office and Fairly Oddparents were both big shows when they were current though.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 03] 2 weeks ago:
Started watching Golden Kamuy this week so I could get caught up with the new season that’s airing and I’ve got to say it’s a wild time. Shame the first episode having that horrible-looking bear turned so many people away.